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Originally Posted by sloopercat
The red is the color of Toyota anti-freeze, again I would recommend using what came with the car. Some of the green anti-freezes are not kind to aluminum, at least that use to be the case. You use 50/50 with distilled water.
You may be smart, but if you don't know mechanical stuff you can cause yourself a lot of heartaches and headaches through ignorance. No offense, but you do not sound competent to do the tasks you want to do..
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I do not know what came with the car. I am assuming that it was the Toyota Red antifreeze at a fifty percent concentration with distilled water. Either that or the Toyota Pink, which is pre-mixed.
Anyway, I have an uncle who was really into cars when he was younger and he was able to service cars back then just as well as I am able to service my computer now. After they digitalized car parts, it became too expensive for him to be an automobile enthusiast but he still is familiar with routine maintenance like changing automobile coolant. I am planning on enlisting his help. It should save money on the labor costs.
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Originally Posted by carloi
I would suggest going to your neighborhood garage, ask a mechanic to do everything that you want done to your car and just stick around and watch. Next time around, you'll be able to do it yourself with some level of confidence.
Nothing will beat the recommendation of a competent mechanic. It is very difficult to diagnose the problems of a vehicle if you can't actually see it. Think of it this way, have you ever tried walking someone through a task in software that they aren't familiar with over the phone? That's sort of this way.
And if you want to make the car quieter, do try to replace all the weatherstrips.
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What would I want to replace the weather strips with? Do you have any recommendations?
